Old Presbyterian Graveyard Tours

Saturday, October 13 - 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Sunday, October 14 - Noon to 5:00 pm

Old Presbyterian Graveyard
East Street & East High Street (adjacent to Bound Brook Library)
Bound Brook, NJ 08805


The Old Presbyterian Graveyard in Bound Brook is the final resting place of Bound Brook’s earliest citizens, as well as many Revolutionary War soldiers. Veterans of the Mexican War and the Civil War are also buried here.

Come and learn about this hallowed ground. See the impressive artwork on memorial stones. Learn the meaning behind the inscriptions and epitaphs. Glimpse into the hearts and minds of Bound Brook’s earliest citizens.

Bound Brook Memorial Library Reference Librarian Mary Nelson will provide FREE guided tours of the graveyard. The tours will feature the intact gravestones of fifteen Revolutionary War soldiers and the gravesite of Dr. William McKissack, a captain in the Revolutionary War and a founder of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons for the State of New Jersey. No registration required. Tours ongoing throughout the day.

The Old Presbyterian Graveyard is one of twenty-seven sites open to the public for this event. Go to http://www.co.somerset.nj.us/schistoryweekend/  for more information on these sites and the Weekend Journey Through the Past.

Patrons with further questions can call the Bound Brook Library at (732) 356-0043 or enter the website at http://www.somerset.lib.nj.us/boundbrook.htm. The Somerset County Library System has branches in Bridgewater, Bound Brook, Hillsborough, Manville, at the Mary Jacobs Library in Rocky Hill, North Plainfield, Peapack & Gladstone, Somerville, Warren Township and Watchung.